[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 14, 1994)]
[House]
[Page H]
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[Congressional Record: June 14, 1994]
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                REMEMBERING JOHN H. BRADLEY ON FLAG DAY

  (Mr. ROTH asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROTH. Madam Speaker, today is Flag Day, a very important day for 
all of us. Last Saturday, the largest Flag Day parade in America was 
conducted in Appleton, WI.
  It is only appropriate that that city, Appleton, WI, dedicated the 
Flag Day to John Bradley. John Bradley was the last of the six 
servicemen who placed the flag on Mt. Suribachi after the Battle of Iwo 
Jima. Mr. Bradley in that photo was unforgettable, along with the other 
five, because of the Pulitzer Prize winning photo of 1945.
  Mr. Bradley was a 21-year-old pharmacist's mate, second class. Mr. 
Bradley is one of the real heroes of our country. Mr. Bradley was 
greatly loved and respected in his hometown of Appleton, WI, and he was 
greatly loved and respected in Antigo, WI, where he lived and worked.
  Consequently, with what has taken place on January 11, the Bradley 
family and the people of northeast Wisconsin and the American people 
lost a great patriot. However, as Admiral Nimitz said at that time, for 
those men and women in uniform, ``uncommon valor was a common virtue.''

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